So who ARE that insufferable indie couple in the new Hyundai TV ads?

I wonder if he repurposes the cut he gets from donations direct to him and/or Nataly?

I wonder why he would lie about his bearded millions

his maxxinista of the month award

his goalrilla basketball hoop that is the nicest in the neighborhood

fwiw every touring act i know who has successfully leveled up from the 500ish capacity rooms pomplamoose was apparently selling out on this tour to 1000-2000 capacity rooms had to do money-losing tours in order to do it

a lot of bands operating at their level who can do so successfully are either major label baby bands who get tour support or canadian indie acts who can get arts grants to tour the US

not to get into a whole thing about it but of all the aspects of this band's career that can be called out as ridiculous i personally don't think those tour expenses are all that weird for a band at their level doing what they're trying to do

they are trying pomp the moose

holy shit, that woman in the Maps video can sing. and that is all that I will say about her here in this public forum ... yup ... that's all.

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she has a cover of one of my favorite later Prince songs on the R&B charts right now, pretty legit imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhbS3BFtXDk

Patreon was founded in May 2013 by artist Jack Conte, who was looking for a way to make a living from his popular YouTube videos. Together with Sam Yam he developed a platform that allows patrons to donate a set amount of money every time an artist creates a work of art. The company raised $2.1 million in August 2013 from a group of venture capitalists and angel investors. In June 2014 the company raised a further $15 million in a series A round led by Danny Rimer of Index Ventures.

In late 2014, the website announced that patrons were sending over $1 million per month to the site's content creators.Patreon takes a 5% commission on pledges.

SAM YAM? Even his business partners are tweely monikered!

lefsetz goes in:

http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2014/11/26/pomplamoose-blog/

Maybe this is as big as Pomplamoose gets. Maybe the act has already peaked. Like PSY but on a smaller level.

He's missing the point that Conte's post is not primarily about touring or bands or anything. It's another one of their endless pitches for the fanbase to keep sending them cash - the blog post itself is a product of the new music business reality that Lefsetz is always going on about. Pomplamoose are like cult leaders always asking their flock for donations to fix the church roof all the while stuffing wads of cash into their cassocks.

^^ otm. this is a televangelism tactic.

Yeah god why didn't I think of that televangalist comparison but the whole Amanda Palmer think is so much more comparable to Jimmy & Tammy Faye Baker than anything in the music sphere

It's the eye makeup

like seriously, just put an OREOS banner behind this setlist, that will cover expenses i'm sure

this will detract from their core message of getting that body back

it all does correspond to the startup "burn rate" mentality

qft

good lord...

Lefsetz wrote something:
http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2014/11/26/pomplamoose-blog/

(he also published some of his reader responses, but I don't know how to link to those)

some other person wrote something:
https://www.aux.tv/2014/12/sob-story-from-band-that-lost-11000-was-actually-a-marketing-stunt/

a guy from Old Man Gloom chimes in:
http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/574-op-ed/

and now, Jack responds and uses the word "haters"!
https://medium.com/@jackconte/bob-lefsetz-published-accusations-about-my-integrity-4a6d03bb099d

Pitchfork article seems more on point than this Lefsetz guy (should I know who he is?). Especially about LIGHTS.

Also the end of Jack's response is a cover, how apropos.

Well here's what $150,000 bought them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty9Smrs67s8

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lol oh wait sorry, that video is from 2011 nm!

Sorry, THIS is what $150,000 bought them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4TQELiFQJw

God, watching them play makes me never want to play music in front of other people. Like, what if I was playing a show and accidentally came out looking/sounding like that without realizing it.

I find Jack especially painful to watch, it's like he has neither a sincere nor a sinister bone in his body, like a pod person who only learned to imitate zaniness.

^^this

oof thats so otm i'm cringing

mark teo piece (aux.tv) is pretty good. i've had non-muso people send it to me. backlash!

was always way disappointed to see james fallows of all people pimping the 'moose back when

"Then again, the internet is more interesting than most music you make."

lefsetz... otm?

lmao the loudest male fan voice screaming at the beginning of that live bit reminds me of something

I'm never going to a show ever agian

this:

http://youtu.be/mw8V40uE82c?t=1m

if ben folds is nirvana, he's puddle of mudd

Here is an interview published in USA Today, in which I explain that I’m still not taking a salary as CEO even after our $15 million round in venture financing, but rather I’m living off of my income as an artist.

how noble

"I'd have all these views, but at the end of the month I'd check my ad revenue (off his YouTube channel) and I'd get a check for like $6, or $10," says Conte, 30.

speaking of disseminating false information

Gee huh derp fuckin' royalties how do they work *prints out free cash flow spreadsheet for startup venture*

Dunno exactly what dude is getting right or wrong but I'm filing him under "unreliable narrator" for sure

He left out the part where he gets a 5% commission on contributions to Patreon. Whoopsie!

(or rather, Whoop$ie!)

"despite our willingness to take sponsorship, we failed to budget appropriately for a month-long tour. so don't tell us we're rich."

"you have 15m in the bank."

"i am too ethical to touch that money. so don't tell us we're rich."

crossing my fingers someday he'll write a long post about how he's still one of the little guys despite being on the celebrity apprentice

So after watching those live videos, I think whatever expenses / losses they've taken on were absolutely necessary if they really want to try to turn this horrible fake-band that no one truly cares about into anything even remotely resembling a real band with real fans.

There's no way he only gets $6 dollars a month on 100M yt views. Dude is full of bullshit or he really really sucks at managing money. And at making music.

he doesn't even make music, he just repurposes content. he is the music equivalent of an aggregator. huffamoose post.

Seriously I keep pronouncing their name in my head and bursting into giggles

huffamoose post. lol

https://medium.com/@virgiltexas/the-greatfruits-2014-tour-profits-66e39d395515

I lost it at the anoraks

Amateurs. They didn't even factor in Old Bay.